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On 30/04/2014 09:14, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Any point where the mile east takes you an exact number of times
>> around the globe. So, anywhere exactly one mile north of that, which
>> is a number of circles not far from the south pole.
>
> True, but there are no bears in Antarctica, so that
> rules out all the south-pole solutions.
>
> I think there are still multiple solutions, though.
> The bear may have been spray-painted by activists
> trying to protect it from polar trophy hunters.
>

Couldn't this kill the bear?  My source is the book and film Goldfinger.

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My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
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Mark Lawrence

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